GSDM Celebrates Ninth Year Volunteering at Countdown to Kindergarten
For the ninth consecutive year, volunteers from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) participated in Boston Public School’s annual Countdown to Kindergarten Citywide Celebration. This year’s event was held on August 28, 2012, at the Boston Children’s Museum. Countdown to Kindergarten engages families as their children transition to kindergarten, providing […]
Dr. Paula K. Friedman Represents Massachusetts Dental Society on Jimmy Fund Telethon
Dr. Paula K. Friedman, associate dean for strategic initiatives and professor at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and president of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS), appeared on NESN on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, as part of the Jimmy Fund Telethon. The telethon was held at Fenway Park for two days: Tuesday […]
Applied Strategic Plan Implementation Quarterly Meeting
On Thursday, August 9, 2012, the Applied Strategic Plan Implementation Team met to continue the work begun in May 2012, at the semiannual meeting of the Applied Strategic Planning Committee Thirty-five representatives of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) faculty, staff, students, residents, and administration participated in the daylong session. […]
$1.25M Grant Supports Transcriptional Attenuation Research, Could Impact Therapeutic Gene Silencing
Dr. David E. Levin, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, has received a four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant of $1.25 million for Control of Transcriptional Attenuation of Stress-Induced Genes in Yeast. The grant runs from July 23, 2012, […]
New Students and Other Volunteers Make Operation Stand Down a Dental Success
The 2012 Massachusetts Operation Stand Down was held on August 24 and 25, 2012, at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 103 in Dorchester for the second consecutive year. GSDM students volunteered under the direction of Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, providing dental screenings to 91 participants. There was an impressive volunteer turnout. […]
Dr. Pushkar Mehra Nominated to ABOMS Examination Committee
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Chair and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra has been appointed to the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) Examination Committee for an eight-year term, commencing in 2013. ABOMS is the certifying board for the specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the United States […]
AAWD and CHP Return to Rosie’s Place
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and BU Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) returned to Rosie’s Place on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, to participate in the Childworks Program. Rosie’s Place is a sanctuary for poor and homeless women located in Boston’s […]
GSDM Employee Katia Gomez “Does something!” Ben Affleck Presents Her with $100K
Katia Gomez, a student employee in the Offices of GSDM Admissions & Student Affairs, and a student at the BU School of Public Health, is the recipient of the $100,000 Do Something Award for her nonprofit organization Educate2Envision (E2E). The Awards were televised on VH1 Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The website DoSomething.org has presented the […]
SNDA Kicks Off an Eventful Year
Around 50 pre-doctoral students attended the kick-off meeting of the Student National Dental Association (SNDA) on Monday, August 21, 2012. The SNDA is an organization dedicated to advancing underrepresented minority students in dentistry and helping the underserved. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter welcomed the students to the meeting and talked about some of the many benefits […]
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department Welcomes New Residents at Annual Barbecue
The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery welcomed its incoming residents at its second annual Resident Barbecue, held on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Approximately 80 people—including faculty, staff, and alumni—attended the event, which took place at the home of Chair of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra. The […]